Mining Incidents

Hickman County QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Rogers Group Inc · Surface
Bon Aqua, Hickman County, TN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003148
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2004–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2024 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

An employee arrived early to work and waited outside the closed gate. Around 5:30 AM the foreman arrived with the gate key. The employee got out and assisted the foreman on opening the gate. On the way back to their personal vehicle, the employee slipped on the gravel and fell onto the asphalt, breaking their right hip. The employee was not clocked in and not wearing work boots.

2022 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

After replacing a screen cloth from a finishing screen, the employee felt pain in their upper/middle back.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking back to the workstation in the scale house, the employee tripped and fell on their right arm.

2020 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

While loading haul trucks, a rock slid down from the pile and landed in the loader bucket, causing the rear to lift off the ground and return with force. The operator seat bottomed out, causing a back sprain.

2019 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Employee was descending the steps of the MMU when they lost footing on the bottom step, causing hand to slide down the handrail and them to fall over onto their side. Employee sustained a fractured left shoulder blade and a small cut on the head.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut his right leg with an olfa belt knife causing a two inch cut

2012 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was attempting to fuel a gas-powered pressure washer. Engine caught fire burning the underside of his arms causing second degree burns.

Struck against a moving object

Employee arrived at work on 3/27/12 and complained their back was hurting. Employee had been loading production haul trucks from muck pile the previous day using a Kamotsu 600 wheel loader.

2010 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Loader operator was dismounting from loader when his right hand slipped from handrail. Supv. saw the operator falling and broke the fall with his own body before he hit the ground. Employee stated he was okay, but was taken for medical exam. On 8-9-11 operator went to Dr. and was taken off work duty for two weeks.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The ground man was attempting to dislodge rock with a 5' pry bar. When the rock disloged, employee was unable to stop momentum of the bar and struck his left hand pinky finger. Employee was taken to emergency room for x-ray, which revealed a small-angulated fracture on the little finger of his left hand. Employee returned to work without restrictions.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

At 7:45 a.m. on October 11,2004, employee with 18 months experience, was operating a 988 Loader moving shot rock to a dry area. Employee hit a pot hole causing him to get a catch in his back. Employee taken to the doctor and was given mediction and told to take 2 days off work.